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The Forgotten Middle: Many Middle-Income Seniors Will Have Insufficient Resources For Housing And Health Care. Today, we want to bring attention to a pressing issue affecting many middle-income seniors: insufficient resources for housing and healthcare. 🏠💔💉 As these individuals enter their retirement years, they often find themselves caught in a financial gap. They may not qualify for government assistance programs, yet they lack the financial means to afford adequate housing and healthcare services. This leaves them vulnerable and struggling to maintain a decent quality of life. 😔💔 Let's raise awareness about this challenge and advocate for solutions that ensure our middle-income seniors have access to the resources they need to live comfortably and receive necessary medical care. 💪💙 #TheForgottenMiddle #MiddleIncomeSeniors #HousingInsecurity #HealthcareDisparities #AdvocateForChange #RaiseAwareness #QualityOfLifeMatters #CommunitySupport

Research shows that 80% of health is determined by factors such as homelessness, food insecurity, and exposure to intimate partner violence. The Commonwealth Fund's recent research sheds light on Drivers of Health policy and essential aspects of implementation and measurement. They highlight ways that federal programs support adoption, which Civitas wholeheartedly supports. Learn more https://lnkd.in/eBnfV-bi

Eight states have obtained federal approval to provide health-related social needs, overcoming the longstanding prohibition against paying for room-and-board, in an effort to break through one of the many barriers to improving health in the unhoused population. Most are using housing transition approaches. They have overcome the strict budget neutrality requirements to have a little more flexibility in addressing otherwise intractable barriers.

The latest in this interesting body of research on the impact of health care coverage on recidivism provides further evidence of the social and economic value of publicly funded health systems. While the evidence base is primarily built on the US Medicaid context, there are likely to be lessons here for decisions regarding primary care access barriers, funding of mental health and addiction services, and even the potential for the public system to encompass dental care. https://lnkd.in/gEccizYw.

Medi-Cal changes for 2024 are some good, some bad, and some ugly. In summary: 1. Access for low-income adults aged 26-49 and some who are disable or over 64. 2. 1.2 million in 21 counties will need to switch to a new managed health care plan 3. Adults between the ages of 26-49 will also qualify for Medi-Cal regardless of their immigration status. 4. Continuous coverage unwinding. 5. Asset test will be eliminated. 6. Some counties will have only ONE managed care plan to choose from. 7. Kaiser will now have DIRECT contracts with the state in all counties. https://lnkd.in/g3eKHgYz

This week's blog addresses the issues faced by unsupported seniors, defined as those living alone with no family or no local family, including financial and healthcare challenges, and proposes practical solutions to support their needs. #RothkoffLawGroup #ElderCareLaw

Big business consultants to the Australian government gut our care systems. Instead of just getting down to the job of funding aged care or mental helth adequately, the Australian Government wastes taxpayers money on trying to dodge building best practice systems in healthcare. https://lnkd.in/gyTNY4ey

Data shows that things like food insecurity, affordable housing, and transportation access (aka "social determinants of health") are hugely impactful on health outcomes, sometimes even more than traditional medical care. Our Community Assistance Program acts as a social resource network to provide things like rental assistance, meal delivery, and much more to address these factors and ensure our community has the resources they need to stay healthy. This piece from The Commonwealth Fund details exactly why this work is important and what's happening at the federal level to support it. https://ow.ly/L2EY50QrJoG